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1906

  • Work on this object began.

1959

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Drawing, Seated Male Nude

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Ingersoll Aitken. It is dated August 8, 1906 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is black, white, and red pastel on grey-brown paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Robert I. Aitken. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken.

Its dimensions are

19.1 × 13 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in red pastel in monogram, lower right: RA

It is inscribed

Inscribed in red pastel, lower right: Aug - 8 1906 / Paris –

Cite this object as

Drawing, Seated Male Nude; Robert Ingersoll Aitken (American, 1878–1949); USA; black, white, and red pastel on grey-brown paper; 19.1 × 13 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken; 1959-87-16

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